Match-safe.



J. HARBOLSHEIMER.

MATUH BAPE.

APPLIUATIOH IILBD AUG. 11, 190s.

911,495. Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

atkwmq UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN IIARBULSIIElMElt, UF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MATCH-SAFE.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that. I, JonN ILtnnoLsHErMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improveniente in lviatch-Safes, of which the follov\'ing is a specification.

My invention relates to match safes or holders and particularly to those match safes which are adapted to be fastened to a wall and to provide separate compartiments for used and unused matches, the object of my invention being to provide a match safe of exceedingly sin'iplc construction, very simply made and wherein the parts cannot become detached through use or liable to break ott.

The invention consists in the details of construction set forth in the accompanying specification and par'ticularly stated in the claims.

In the drawings Figure l, is a perspective view of my match safe. Fig. 2, is a transversc section on the line QMQ of Fig. l.

Fig. 3, is a longitudinal section. Fig. 4, is a detail of a compartment detached. Fig. 5, isan enlarged fragmentary section. Fig 6, is a detail of a inod1fication.

A designates the back plate of relatively thin metal having the margins thereof turned over upon the plate as at a, so as to provide a strengthening bead around the margins, and at the same time hold the compartments in place as will be later described. The compartments are triangular in cross section composed of a front plate B the ends of which are turned at right angles as at B to form the sides of the compartment. The rear edges of these sides are flanged outwardly as at b, these flanges being adapted to be inserted beneath the side flanges a of the back plate A. The upper edge of the compartment is turned over and downward upon the metal of the compartment so as to strengthen the edge and to also form a rounded edge which will not cut the hand. The lower edge of the front is extended downward as at and is adapted to enter a slot A in the back plate. The lowermost compartment is made in precisely the same manner as the uppermost, but the lower edge thereof b2 is inserted under the overturned edge a which corresponds with the overturned side edges a.

As above stated the plate A is transversely Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led August 17, 1908.

Patented Feb. 2, 190e.

smal No. 448,770.

slotted as at A', and just below this slot is z'. transverse cori-ligation A2 which is depressed outwardly from the back of the plate. The lower edge L of the uppermost no;apartment Il is adapted to be passed through the slot and be pressed inward into this cori-ligation. This prevents the oonr partaient from being forced downward out of its proper position, and at the same time acts to prevent the cmnpartment from being accidentally forced upward out of position. l have found by experiment that the corrugalion is sufficient for this purpose.

in order to prevent the forcing inward of thc sides of the compartment, I provide longitudinally extending corrugations (l on either Iside of plate A just inward of the beads a. then the compartments are inserted in the side and forced down in position on the bach plate, these cz'irrugations U will come just` inside of the inner face of the side calls of the compartment and will prevent the sides of the compartment being forced inward and thus out of engagement with the turned over edges a. A strip of sand paper' E may be also supported at its side edges beneath the turned over edges of the plate A and it will be seen that the uppermost corrugation A2 which holds the upper compartment in place will prevent the upward shifting of the sand paper, while to prevent any downward shifting of the paper I provide the lower transverse corrugation A. In place of the sand paper it is obvious that I might corrugate the rear plate in the space between the two compartments or form it with rows of projections to form a surface against which the matches may be struck as shown in Fig. G.

After the compartments have been i11- serted in place and the sand paper placed beneath the side ianges, if any sand paper is used, I preferably bend the side edges outward at a slight angle as shown in Fig. 3. This clenches the compartments and acts to prevent any movement of them.

As will be seen my match safe is very simply made, has no parts which project through the metal and are therefore liable to be broken off, nor are the parts soldered together. For this reason, matches which are still burning may be thrown into the waste compartment without danger.

A further advantage lies in the rigidity with which the compartments are held to the back plate. Thus no matches can slide or work downward out of the compartment or l through the joint at the sides. This is liable to occur when the compartments are joined to the back plate by ears or tabs inserted through slits which easily become loose or break off thus loosening the joints between the material of the compartment and the back plate.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. In a match safe, a back plate having inwardly turned over edges and compartments having a downwardly and inwardly inclined front and sides formed with outwardly turned flan es along their edges adapted to be inserte and held beneath said turned over edges of the back plate, said back plate having outwardly projecting longitudinal corrugations on op osite sides located just inside of the inner ace of the side plates of the compartments.

2. ln a match safe, a back plate having turned over side edges and a turned over bottom edge, compartments having laterally )rejecting flanges on their edges adapted to be inserted' and held beneath said turned over edges of the back late, each com artment having a downwarly projecting ange at its lower edge, the back plate being provided with a slot through which the downwardly projecting flange of a compartment may pass.

3. In a mat/ch safe, a back plate having laterally turned over edges, a compartment having a downwardly and inwardly inclined front and sides formed with laterally projecting ianges adapted to be inserted beneath and held in said turned over edges of the back plate, the lower edge of said compartment being provided with a downwardly projectmg lange, said back plate having a transverse slot through which said lower edge ilange projects, and an outwardly extending corrugation in said back plate into which the edge of said flange is inserted.

4. In a match safe, a back plate having inwardly bent side edges, compartments having outwardly exten ing lateral anges inserted beneath said inwardly bent` side e es of the back plate and held thereby, said side edges and com iartment flanges being turned at an angle to t e back plate.

In a match safe, a back plate having inwardly bent side edges, compartments one above the other havin sides provided with laterally extending anges inserted and held within said side edges of said back plate, a transverse corru ation in the back plate against which the ower edge of the uppermost compartment contacts to hold the same in place, an inwardly bent edge on the lower end of the back plate into which the flange on the lower end of the lowermost compartment extends to hold it in position, and a roughened match striking portion between the two compartments.

In testimony whereof I.have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN HARBOLSHEIMER.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS B. WRIGHT, J. A. L. MULHALL. 

